Andrew Rorie, MD, assistant professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, an allergy-immunologist, was quoted in the November 4, U.S. News & World Report article "What It's Like Being Allergic to Water." According to the article, aquagenic urticaria is an extremely rare disorder.
"Most allergists will go through their careers without ever seeing it," Dr. Rorie said.
Several years ago when Dr. Rorie was at the University of Kansas, he and his colleagues treated a woman who had suffered from small hives and intense itching when her skin came in contact with water. This had been occurring for two years. She was diagnosed with aquagenic urticaria. The case report was published in the May-June issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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